American arborvitae,northern white cedar,Thuja occidentalis,white cedar- small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets Oriental arborvitae,Platycladus orientalis,Thuja orientalis- Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some...
Tree runners-up include Heptacodium miconioides ‘Temple of Bloom’ (Seven-son Flower), Hesperocyparis arizonica ‘Crystal Frost’ (Arizona Cypress) and Thuja standishii × plicata ‘Leprechaun’(Leprechaun Arborvitae). Readers should remember that this list is totally subjective. It is based on ...